"Now approaching us are the athletes from Class 8 of Grade 11. They are full of vigor and stride forward toward the sun..."
The clichéd phrases were uttered by the host on the podium. Each class submitted their own phrases, but none escaped using Baidu. Who would put effort into this kind of thing at a sports meet?
Just as the words were being read, Class 8 walked up to the front of the stage. Zhen Tian held up a sign and swayed her waist to show the class sign to the people on the stage, while still standing in place.
The class line chanted slogans from behind.
"Class 8, Class 8, with extraordinary spirit, who is number one? It's our Class 8."
Zhen Tian clearly saw that after Class 8 finished shouting their slogans, several leaders on the podium smiled.
She desperately wanted to cover her face, but the hands holding up the sign told her that reality wouldn't allow it.
After she finished shouting, she led the group forward.
"I think the slogan I came up with is brilliant," Yang Feiguang said smugly. "It's powerful and catchy. The leaders all smiled with satisfaction."
"Are you sure that's satisfactory?" Shao Junli was speechless.
"Keep your voices down, you two," Yuan Yuan reminded them from the back of the line. "The other classes are watching you."
Before they could finish speaking, they were already standing in the center of the playground. After the other classes had inspected them, the school leaders announced the start of the exercise.
The opening ceremony alone took almost the entire morning.
Everyone's legs were sore from standing.
"This school is really funny. Holding a sports meet at this time is just annoying the senior students. They can't participate and they have to prepare for the college entrance exam. If I were them, I would be annoyed to death."
Yang Feiguang couldn't help but want to talk; it was so boring.
"Don't rush, you'll eventually become one of those people you say you'll be annoyed to death."
Ye Qingyan retorted to him.
At noon during the sports meet, everyone is given an hour to eat, but only a portion of the participants will go to the cafeteria. Most people, because they have events to participate in, will grab a bite when they are not competing, otherwise they might get a stitch during the competition.
Yang Feiguang signed up for the high jump, long jump, 800m, 1500m, and 4x100m relay. He had the most participants in the class besides the sports committee member. Shao Junli also signed up for the long jump and 4x100m relay. There was no way around it; the sports meet had limited spots, and even Zhen Tian signed up for the 4x100m relay. Ye Qingyan was quite impressive; she signed up for the 1500m and women's shot put. Yuan Yuan was a bit quieter, signing up for the long jump and 100m sprint.
The 4x100m project is on the second day, and Zhen Tian's main task today is to eat, eat, eat.
The stands were filled with students from various classes who hadn't participated in any events or hadn't yet had their turn to participate. Zhen Tian sat between Ye Qingyan and Yuan Yuan, holding a bag of snacks. The blazing sun was making her dizzy, but for the sake of appearances, all classes had announced that umbrellas were not allowed, so she could only stand there in the sun.
Zhen Tian rummaged through her backpack, looking for water to drink, but unexpectedly found a baseball cap in a small pocket.
She was pleasantly surprised and immediately put the hat on her head, as if a shadow had fallen over her eyes. Just the hat made her feel much cooler.
"Your gear is pretty good." Ye Qingyan fanned herself with envy: "Why didn't you remind me and Yuan Yuan to bring one too?"
Zhen Tian shrugged: "I don't know either, maybe it was just stuffed in yesterday."
"Tsk, I can't help but envy that."
Yuan Yuan took a sip of water.
Just then, the loudspeaker announced: "Women's long jump athletes, please proceed to the competition area on the left side of the field to prepare. Women's long jump athletes..."
"It's your turn." Ye Qingyan leaned forward and raised an eyebrow at Yuan Yuan.
"Then I'll go." Yuan Yuan put down the water bottle, got up and walked downstairs.
When we got down there, we realized that there were two little tails following us.
"What are you two doing?" she asked.
"I'll go with you to cheer you on." Zhen Tian waved her little hand and smiled sweetly.
"I'm so bored, let's do something fun, let's go." Ye Qingyan linked arms with Yuan Yuan and walked forward.
"Get out of the way, it's so hot." Yuan Yuan complained, but smiled.
Long jump is considered a relatively easy sport, so most girls who have to sign up for competitions sign up for this event.
They lined up to jump one after another, and Yuan Yuan was the eleventh.
While she was warming up, Ye Qingyan kept saying in her ear, "Oh my, that jump was 3.6 meters, that's so far, can you even do it? Hey, this is only a little over 2 meters, it's okay, this isn't a threat. My god, that jumping posture is so silly..."
"Could you please shut your mouth?" Yuan Yuan wished she could just cover Ye Qingyan's mouth.
"Okay, okay, I won't say anymore, don't be nervous."
We arrived at the original garden very soon.
"Pay attention to your take-off posture, be careful not to get injured. Get ready..." the coach reminded him.
Yuan Yuan bent her legs in place, swayed back and forth, and then jumped out with force.
"Holy crap, 4.16 meters! Ahhhhh! Yuan Yuan, you're amazing!!!" Ye Qingyan's eyes nearly popped out when she saw the result. She didn't even realize she had already shouted it out, and rushed up to hug Yuan Yuan: "Master, you've been hiding your true strength!"
Zhen Tian also jumped up and down excitedly.
This was undoubtedly the farthest result. Those girls were practically just there to make up the numbers; some even jumped only a little over a meter, clearly not taking the competition seriously.
The winner of the long jump will be announced over the loudspeaker.
Not long after, the announcement was broadcast.
"The girls' long jump competition is over. First place: Yuan Yuan, Class 8, Grade 1. Second place:..."
"Holy crap, holy crap!" Yang Feiguang was stunned on the side of the men's high jump.
The students in Class 8 cheered from the stands, and the boys sitting in the front started banging on the drum set up in the classroom.
When Yuan Yuan returned in triumph, the drumbeats became even more intense.
"Wow, Yuan Yuan is amazing."
"You've really made our class proud."
As she walked to her seat, her classmates kept praising Yuan Yuan, and a rare blush appeared on her usually calm face.
The first day of the sports meet consisted of some minor events, while the second day was the main event, featuring events like the 400m, 800m, and 1500m races, as well as the relay races and shot put.
Zhen Tian also has a competition today, so she changed into sportswear. Although it's also a skirt, it's a culotte skirt, which is safer during the competition.
While they were happily holding their sports meet, the senior students were undergoing their first mock exam, a nightmare-like ordeal.
Ji Yuzhi didn't come to the sports field to find Zhen Tian yesterday because of his exams.
The English exam in the morning was too easy for him, and he handed in his paper early. Every teacher in the senior year knew Ji Yuzhi, so they let him leave as soon as he wanted.
Ji Yu first went to a dessert shop outside the school and bought the drink that Tian Tian often drank. He specially added ice to it for her. Thinking of her friends, he also bought a few cups of milk tea.
Each stand had a sign indicating the class, so he easily found Class 8's location.
"Xiaolei, look, isn't that Ji Yuzhi?"
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